Effect of The activating blood flow and removing blood stasis Method to Prostatic disease

전립선(前立腺) 질환(疾患)에 대한 활혈거어법(活血祛瘀法)의 효과(效果)

Objective : The prostatic disease is characterized as relatively incurable, chronic and recurrent illness. Because of this property, we have the difficulty in treating this illness. Besides, the drug selectivity is restricted to the specific prostatic membrane, the barrier of prostate. This study was to evaluate the efficency of the activating blood flow and removing blood stasis Method to Prostatic disease. Methods : We investigated 51 prostatic patiens with NIH chronic prostatitis symptom index, digital rectal examination(DRE), expressed prostatic secretion(EPS). After investigation we treated the patients with herb which was aimed to activate the blood flow and remove the blood stasis method to prostatic disease. Results : After the treatment, symptom index score of the prostatic patients was reduced from 11.7 to 7.4. The cure rate of 51 prostatic patients was 76.5%. Also the cure rate of the patients who was treated over 4 weeks was higher than the patients treated below 4 weeks, 87.5% to 66.7% respectively. conclusions : These results indicate that oriental medical theraphy is useful enough to treat the prostatic patients. Therefore, the more research about the herb which has activating blood flow and removing blood stasis effect is necessary.